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I recently just acquired this toshiba satellite P25-S509 but it is running incredibly slow. I figured a full restoration to factory default settings would help solve the problem but unfortunately I dont have any of the discs. I already backed up everything on it that I need. I even downloaded a program that got me the product keys and ids for both the operating system (windows xp) and microsoft office. The question: what is the simplest way to restore the factory default settings at this point? I did a little research and tried using the 0, F1 and F8 keys but am unable to find the hard drive utility screen (the only screen I can get to is the advanced options menu) Is there a shortcut specific to this computer that I am unaware of? If so, can I try and download and burn windows xp to a disc and do it that way? Thanks for any help I can get.
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Hi,
Does the display show anything before you enter windows? If yes, then press the key to transfer video back to your original screen once you enter windows. It should be the function key "Fn" + F5 - F8. looks for the icon which shows a monitor or says "CRT/LCD".
If it doesn't show anything before you enter windows I'm afraid your screen needs to be replaced. Good luck.
First off-- If you can boot to the BIOS and not to the HDD and If all cable connections are good and jumpers are set correctly then it could be a cable or the unit itself
u can formate with any XP CD or Vista just put disk in to optical drive and restart your laptop it will boot from the disk after that just folow the instrction
What type of Video Card in in the laptop? check the laptop case on left side of keyboard sometimes stickes are there saying what type. I have seen ATI Mobility cards in laptops that have all the software working on the machine properly, but the display driver is either bad and cirrupt and causes the machine to reboot, or its a fualty video card that can cause the machine to crash.
Easy way to check, boot the machine and as windows XP boots press the F8 key (this enters safe mode) when menu appears choose safe mode with networking. and let it continue. if it boots up and continues to a display and doesn't crash, the video driver is bad. then just uninstall the video driver, then go to the nabufacturers website and download a new video driver for your model laptop.
We have had out Toshiba P25-S509 for a very long time. It's a great laptop and watching DVDs with a wide screen was great; That is, until the CD/DVD player was no longer recognized by the computer. We took it in (still under warranty) to have it fixed, only to not work again after a couple of months.
Now YEARS have gone by and I have bought another Toshiba (M305D-S4831) which is great unless you try to reboot and it doesn't fully start up. That's for another review, not this one... So, back to the P25-S509 and YEARS later. We just received two 1GB memory cards, which are being used to replace the "stock" two 256 MB memory cards. Well, the computer is MUCH FASTER and THE DVD PLAYER FINALLY WORKS!!! Woo-Hoo! $98.00 investment in memory cards saved up from ditching the older Toshiba.
Hope this review helps someone out there that might have had the same problem.
I think this is already a hardware problem, it could be your LCD or your systemboard, try connecting an external LCD or monitor thru the VGA -out & check if you have a display. If not, it might be your systemboard that's causing the problem & this may require service.
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